April 11, 2018 AT 11:00 am

Beating Heart with #Flora and #Neopixels #WearableWednesday

This was my 2016 Halloween quick project. I found myself with about 45 minutes to come up with a costume and some fun add-on. I ended up grabbing an old vampire set I had and made this beating heart to put underneath.

The animation in the main image shows the beating heart assembled underneath the black fabric of the costume.

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